Celebrities and Afropolitans: Managing Private Affect in Transnational Relations

Lisa Ann Richey; Lene Bull Christiansen

Celebrities and Afropolitans: Managing Private Affect in Transnational Relations

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Abstract

Celebrity has become a way of mediating between proximity and distance in the global as well as the specific context. As the paradigms of ‘people we know so well’ that are simultaneously ‘just like us’ and ‘exemplary,’ celebrities have become proxy philanthropists, statesmen, executives and healers. This paper will explore how saturating communications between the global North and South with celebrity content normalizes the celebrity modality of ‘Africa’. This presentation will explore how in the aid celebrity modality, expertise becomes celebritized and circulated, while affective commitment is bestowed on emotional sovereigns for management-linking Western donors with Afropolitans.

Original language	English
Publication date	2 Apr 2012
Number of pages	20
Publication status	Published - 2 Apr 2012
Event	International Studies Association Annual Meeting: Power, Principles and Participation in the Global Information Age - San Diego, United States Duration: 1 Apr 2012 → 4 Apr 2012

Conference

Conference	International Studies Association Annual Meeting
Country	United States
City	San Diego
Period	01/04/2012 → 04/04/2012
Other	Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association

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http://www.isanet.org/annual_convention/

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